Chroma

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For the Fokker block concept of chroma, see Fokker block.

The chroma (precisely the moschroma) of a mos scale is the interval that is the difference between the large step and the small step in the scale. The term was suggested as a way to generalize the concept of a sharp or flat (# or b). In particular, the chroma or chromatic semitone in the diatonic scale is the augmented unison, for example, the interval of C-C#.

Moving one note in a mos scale by a chroma leads to a modmos scale if the result is not just a transposition of the original mos scale.

See also

  • 25/24, the classic chromatic semitone
  • 2187/2048, the Pythagorean chromatic semitone
  • Sharpness, a property related to sharps and flats in edos